Liberation
Subtitle: the bitter road to freedom, Europe 1944-1945
By: by William Hitchcock
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780571227730
Subjects: Krigssllutet 1945; End; World War, 1939-1945; Historia; Social aspects; Andra världskriget 1939-1945
Other titles: Bitter road to freedom
Description: The traditional image of Europe in 1945 is of grateful civilians showering soldiers with flowers. In reality, liberation was a violent and chaotic process. Using first-hand accounts, this text shows that the motives and behaviour of the Allied forces were far from noble.
Notes: Originally published: as The bitter road to freedom. New York : Free, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-429) and index.